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‘Madras Café’ earns Rs.33.81 crore in the first week

Despite protest, John Abraham starrer and Soojit Sarkar
directed ‘Madras Cafeé’ released on August 16 going string at the box-office. The positive word-of-mouth dragged audience to the theaters and the movie fetched
a handsome amount of Rs.33.81 crore in
the first week.

Made on a budget of 10 crore, the film had already recovered
the built-up budget and earner over 20 crores in its opening weekend.

Highly overjoyed John Abraham
said, "I am very happy and proud of 'Madras Cafe'. The film is growing by
word-of-mouth. The film was made in a very smart budget and it is doing well at
the box office".

In ‘Madras Café’, John Abraham played an undercover agent set against the Sri Lankan civil war. Despite protest from
the Tamilian, the film was released all over and earned accolades. John is
thrilled with the film’s response.

Apart from John Abraham, the film also stars Nargis Fakhri and newcomer Raashi Khanna. The hunk feels
the casting of the film is its USP.

"We have such a beautiful
casting in the film, and it takes the film to another level," he said.

‘Madras Café’ is going great guns at the box-office and megastar Amitabh
Bachchan praised John's performance. He tweeted: Saw Madras Cafe last
night. Well done @TheJohnAbraham @NargisFakhri and Shoojit. Such a well made
film!

Anil Kapoor tweeted: Kudos to abraham , sarcar and negi for making madras cafe
. Starts slowly but ends with a bang !

Sophie Choudry said: #MadrasCafe What a brilliant effort! Gripping to the
core & superbly executed! Congrats @TheJohnAbraham & team for pushing
the envelope!